Box clamp



M. KUNKEL.

BOX C LAMP. APPLICATION FILED APR. l,|921.

1,426,394. Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

.- elwu ewtm Michael K'urg nke'l, a

atto'wwu mm} ns MICHAEL KUNKEL, or ennui) Barres, iurcrrree'n,

BOX CLAMP,

Application filed April. 1,

T 0 all to 710m it may concern Be it known that l, MIoHAnL KUNKEL, a citizen of the United States, residing :at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box' for so protecting the box and container that" matches cannot escape from the container without the direct efforts of the user of the matches, and, third, to provide a means for so securing the matchesthat may be used in definitely upon different boxes of the same s1ze.

I attain these objects by the construction shown in the accompanying drawing, in

which Fig. l is a perspective of a match box with my appliance in place upon it.

' Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, and, Fig.

3 is a perspective of my appliance removed from the box.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts throughout the several views. In forming this device, crimp-lenient the wire is first bent at a to form the arms 3 and 4, and then it is bent at b and 0 to form the loops 2 and made integral by welding the ends of thewire together, which loops are to be of such size as to fit closely all around the boX. I

It will be noticed that with this formatio the parallel arms 8 are each independent'of the other, and ifind it Welland, in fact, necessary to have the arms 4 slightly depressed at the free ends so the arms 3 will press downwardly, or inwardly upon the cover of the box, as indicated in Fig. 2, as by this means the edges of the box will be pressed below the edges of the container and thus form a locking means that will prevent the container, designated as 1, from being moved endwise in the box until the arms 3 have been properly adjusted to allow the end of the box to pass over the end of the container.

This implement may be made with a di- 1921. Seria1 No.' 457,579.

Vided wire, but I greatly prefer the el'eotris cally welded ends of the wire, as by this means the loops and the parallel arms are made, practically, of one endless piece of 7 wire, rendering it much stronger, lessliable' to get out of condition, Iand'much more re Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 22, 1922. y

liable in its action, both in its construction and in its application upon a box.

. It will be readily understood that, though I havelimited my description and use to the 1 securing of a match box," there are manylar use for the implement, but reserve all rights to the invention in its broadestsen'se.

I. desire, especially,'t o, call the attention of a the public to the fact-that, under the peculiar construction of'this device it may be" readily sprung open for passing it over, or

upon the object to be secured, its natural resiliency will cause it'to closely clasp the ob ect after it has been properly placed, es-

pecially by reason of the arms 4 being depressed as they approach the arms 3.

Hav ng thus fully described my inventron, what I claim as new intheart, is;

1. ,lnan implementfor'securing a'matclr I box cover upon the match container, two parallel arms. bent oppositely at right'angles at" each end, and then bent to form a continuous rectangular loop at each end of the implement of a proper size to exactly fit around the box and cover,

2. i In an-implement for securing a match I Y box cover upon the match container, two

parallel arms bent oppositely at right angles,

each arm movable independently of the other, the right angled ends of the arms bent to form a right angled loop at each end of,

. and atright angles with the parallel arms. 3. In an'implement for securing a; match box cover upon the match container, an endless wire bent to form; two parallel arms with a right angular loop at each end of the arms and at right anglestherewith.

l. in an implement of the lnnd named, an endless wire formed wlth two parallel arms bent oppositely at right angles at each end,"

thence bent to form two parallel loops, one at'each' end of the arms and at right angles therewith, and the arms depressed toward the opposite side of the loops.

5,111 an implement-of the kind named, an i 65 places where the implement, or its close me-' chanlcalequ valent may be used,hence lfldo, not deslre to restrict myself to any particu-.

endless Wire forming two parallel arms, at each end of the parallel arms, the arms each end of the parallel arms bent in 013130 and the. loops being integral and each paralsitedirections at right angles With the parlel arm movable independently oi the other. 10 allel arms, thence each right angled arln bent Signed at Grand Rapids, llliehigan, liflarch.

at right angles with itself and with the par- 24, 1921. allel amine, thence bent to form connecting cross bars, thus forming a reetangul11 100p MICHAEL KUNKEL. 

